Salt Lake Times | 1890-06-13 | Page 1 | Women for the Orchestra

WOMEN VOU THK OKCIIKSTKA. New York Manager Introduce a New-Departure. New-Departure. N'ew Youk, June i:!. Special. There is a movement among theatrical managers to introduce women into the orchestras. If it should be successful the leader with the bald head will be missed but not regretted. The reason assigned for the change is that the musicians mu-sicians now demand too large recompense recom-pense for their services, and that by their unions they in various ways annoy their employers The managers assert that the woinen play just as good as the men do, and they further claim that the women, who of course will be young and good-looking, w ill form a bright item iu au evening's entertainment, and will add to tho dignity of the drama.